Best podcasts · Updated Oct 23, 2026

The best business podcasts in 2026, ranked.

We follow 59 long-form podcasts and cut the minutes worth watching from their episodes. These are the shows we follow about investing, startups and running a company, now that AI is in all three. This list ranks the 17 we’ve cut from, 160 moments in all, and changes as we cut more.

How we rank: Each moment we’ve cut from a show earns a point, plus one when an AI builder is the one talking and one when its episode cleared our views bar, and a moment’s points halve every 90 days after its episode came out.

No. 1. News shows · A few times a week
All-In
A tech news show, hosted by Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks and David Friedberg, with a new episode a few times a week.
20 moments cut from 7 episodes, 5 with an AI builder talking, mostly on enterprise AI and AI business models.
Top guests Alex Karp, Arvind Krishna, Ben Horowitz, Billy Evans
Start with CoreWeave’s main risk is refinancing its fixed-price contracts
No. 2. Investing and business · Daily
a16z Podcast
An investing and business show, hosted by Erik Torenberg, with a new episode every day.
22 moments cut from 9 episodes, 11 with an AI builder talking, mostly on AI agents and chips & GPUs.
Top guests Alex Karp, Jad Naous, Nathan Lambert, Matt Garman
Start with Military technology helps deter attacks and bring warfighters home
No. 3. Lab and founder interviews · A few times a week
Sourcery
An interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Molly O'Shea, with a new episode a few times a week.
14 moments cut from 5 episodes, 8 with an AI builder talking, mostly on AI agents and building AI products.
Top guests Guillermo Rauch, Alex Karp, Aravind Srinivas, Jim Lanzone
Start with Palantir builds for what clients need, not what traps them
No. 4. Lab and founder interviews · Weekly
Lenny's Podcast
An interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Lenny Rachitsky, with a new episode every week.
9 moments cut from 3 episodes, 9 with an AI builder talking, mostly on building AI products and AI startups.
Top guests Emmanuel Ameisen, Josh Woodward, Tibo Sottiaux
Start with Most internet actions will soon be taken by agents
No. 5. Lab and founder interviews · Weekly
Training Data
An interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Sonya Huang and Pat Grady, with a new episode every week.
15 moments cut from 5 episodes, 6 with an AI builder talking, mostly on training data and talent & hiring.
Top guests David Silver, Ali Ghodsi, Josh Gao, Luca Ferrari
Start with Great enterprise sellers are aggressive, high-EQ and not technical
No. 6. Research and big ideas · Every two weeks
The Knowledge Project
A long-form conversation show on research and big ideas, hosted by Shane Parrish, with a new episode every two weeks.
13 moments cut from 5 episodes, mostly on investing in AI and AI startups.
Top guests Ryan Serhant, Tobi Lütke, Brad Jacobs, Gio Valiante
Start with Climb out of a drawdown by making small money again
No. 7. Investing and business · A few times a week
Founders
An investing and business show, hosted by David Senra, with a new episode a few times a week.
12 moments cut from 4 episodes, 3 with an AI builder talking, mostly on big Tech's AI bets and consumer AI.
Top guests Alexandr Wang, Kurt MacAlpine, Ben Wilson, Ari Emanuel
Start with Meta bet on personal agents while rivals crowded into coding
No. 8. Lab and founder interviews · Weekly
Cheeky Pint
An interview show with the people building AI, hosted by John Collison, with a new episode every week.
8 moments cut from 3 episodes, 2 with an AI builder talking, mostly on data centers & energy and robotics.
Top guests Alexandr Wang, Mark Zuckerberg, Toto Wolff, Will O’Brien
Start with Training a frontier model means committing $100B before you know it works
No. 9. Investing and business · Every three weeks
BG2
An investing and business show, hosted by Brad Gerstner and Bill Gurley, with a new episode every three weeks.
17 moments cut from 6 episodes, 8 with an AI builder talking, mostly on data centers & energy and investing in AI.
Top guests Jensen Huang, Satya Nadella, Andrew Fox, Gavin Baker
Start with Why even free ASICs lose to NVIDIA when power is the limit
No. 10. Lab and founder interviews · Weekly
No Priors
An interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Sarah Guo and Elad Gil, with a new episode every week.
7 moments cut from 3 episodes, 4 with an AI builder talking, mostly on cybersecurity and enterprise AI.
Top guests Misha Laskin, Greg Brockman, George Kurtz
Start with AI gives defenders a window to find and fix security flaws
No. 11. Investing and business · A few times a week
20VC
An investing and business show, hosted by Harry Stebbings, with a new episode a few times a week.
5 moments cut from 3 episodes, 2 with an AI builder talking, mostly on investing in AI and AI startups.
Top guests Harrison Chase, Jason Lemkin, Rory O'Driscoll, Max Freeman
Start with Useful model routing needs to understand the agent harness
No. 12. Lab and founder interviews · Every two weeks
Grit
An interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Joubin Mirzadegan, with a new episode every two weeks.
3 moments cut from one episode, 3 with an AI builder talking, mostly on enterprise AI and AI agents.
Top guests Jeanne Grosser
Start with Never accept a founder's forecast without the pipeline math
No. 13. Lab and founder interviews · Weekly
Lightcone
An interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Garry Tan, Harj Taggar, Diana Hu and Jared Friedman, with a new episode every week.
5 moments cut from 2 episodes, 1 with an AI builder talking, mostly on building AI products and AI startups.
Top guests Alex Danilowicz, Aaron Epstein
Start with Solo founders hit 19% of YC as knowing what to build matters most
No. 14. Investing and business · Twice a week
My First Million
An investing and business show, hosted by Shaan Puri and Sam Parr, with a new episode about twice a week.
4 moments cut from 3 episodes.
Top guests Jeff Harmon
Start with Movie studios spend more on marketing than on making the film
No. 15. Investing and business · Weekly
Silicon Valley Girl
An investing and business show, hosted by Marina Mogilko, with a new episode every week.
2 moments cut from one episode, mostly on AI business models and open-weight models.
Top guests Daron Acemoğlu
Start with The money in AI is in data and applications, not models
No. 16. Investing and business · Weekly
The Tim Ferriss Show
An investing and business show, hosted by Tim Ferriss, with a new episode every week.
one moment cut from one episode.
Top guests Kevin Rose
Start with Simple premises sell books, and too much information fails
No. 17. Investing and business · Monthly
Acquired
An investing and business show, hosted by Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal, with a new episode about once a month.
3 moments cut from one episode.
Start with Bogle's firing and the legal loophole that created Vanguard